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Large Language Models (LLMs) are transforming cybersecurity by enabling intelligent, adaptive, and automated approaches to threat detection, vulnerability assessment, and incident response. With their advanced language understanding and…

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There is an unprecedented increase in cybercrime globally observed over the last years. One of the regions driving this increase is Africa, where significant financial losses are reported. Yet, citizens of African countries are not aware of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-10-03 Maria Bada , Basie von Solms , Ioannis Agrafiotis

This paper analyzes the proliferation of cybersecurity ontologies, arguing that this surge cannot be explained solely by technical shortcomings related to quality, but also by a credibility deficit - a lack of trust, endorsement, and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Antoine Leblanc , Jacques Robin , Nourhène Ben Rabah , Zequan Huang , Bénédicte Le Grand

Advances in machine learning (ML) in recent years have enabled a dizzying array of applications such as data analytics, autonomous systems, and security diagnostics. ML is now pervasive---new systems and models are being deployed in every…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-11-14 Nicolas Papernot , Patrick McDaniel , Arunesh Sinha , Michael Wellman

Artificial intelligence (AI) maturity models have proliferated, yet prevailing frameworks remain largely enterprise-centric, linear, and weakly aligned with the organizational realities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-03-11 Sukanlaya Sawang , Virach Sornlertlamvanich

Even though, digital transformation has attracted much attention of both academics and practitioners, a very limited number of studies have investigated the digital transformation process in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the…

Digital Libraries · Computer Science 2021-11-12 Sachithra Lokuge , Sophia Xiaoxia Duan

Smart local energy system (SLES) is considered as a promising pathway facilitating a more effective and localised operation, benefited from the complex information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructures and Internet of things…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-08-19 Siyuan Dong , Jun Cao , Zhong Fan

Embedded Systems (ES) development has been historically focused on functionality rather than security, and today it still applies in many sectors and applications. However, there is an increasing number of security threats over ES, and a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-12-13 Ángel Longueira-Romero , Rosa Iglesias , David Gonzalez , Iñaki Garitano

Recently, digital transformation has caught much attention of both academics and practitioners. With the advent of digital technologies, small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have obtained the capacity to initiate digital transformation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-27 Sachithra Lokuge , Sophia Duan

Cybercrime is a growing threat to organizations and individuals worldwide, with criminals using sophisticated techniques to breach security systems and steal sensitive data. This paper aims to comprehensively survey the latest advancements…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-12 Lavanya Elluri , Varun Mandalapu , Piyush Vyas , Nirmalya Roy

The damage caused by cybercrime makes the development of secure software inevitable. Although many tools and frameworks exist to support the development of secure software, statistics on cybercrime show no improvement in recent years. To…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Alex R. Mattukat , Timo Langstrof , Horst Lichter

Machine Learning (ML) represents a pivotal technology for current and future information systems, and many domains already leverage the capabilities of ML. However, deployment of ML in cybersecurity is still at an early stage, revealing a…

Microservice architectures (MSA) are becoming trending alternatives to existing software development paradigms notably for developing complex and distributed applications. Microservices emerged as an architectural design pattern aiming to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-04-24 Abdelhakim Hannousse , Salima Yahiouche

This review explores the academic and policy literature in the context of everyday cyber security in organisations. In so doing, it identifies four behavioural sets that influences how people practice cyber security. These are compliance…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-04-27 Amy Ertan , Georgia Crossland , Claude Heath , David Denny , Rikke Jensen

Cybersecurity training should be adaptable to evolving the cyber threat landscape, cost effective and integrated well with other enterprise management components. Unfortunately, very few cybersecurity training platforms can satisfy such…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-12-12 Tam n. Nguyen , Lydia Sbityakov , Samantha Scoggins

As the Internet of Things (IoT) has become truly ubiquitous, so has the surrounding threat landscape. However, while the security of classical computing systems has significantly matured in the last decades, IoT cybersecurity is still…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-12-04 Monika Freunek , Alexandra Rombos

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used in software development, but their level of software security expertise remains unclear. This work systematically evaluates the security comprehension of five leading LLMs: GPT-4o-Mini,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-25 Mohammed Latif Siddiq , Natalie Sekerak , Antonio Karam , Maria Leal , Arvin Islam-Gomes , Joanna C. S. Santos

Threats targeting cyberspace are becoming more prominent and intelligent day by day. This inherently leads to a dire demand for continuous security validation and testing. Using this paper, we aim to provide a holistic and precise security…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-08-17 Hardik Manocha , Akash Srivastava , Chetan Verma , Ratan Gupta , Bhavya Bansal

While the applications and demands of Machine learning (ML) systems in mental health are growing, there is little discussion nor consensus regarding a uniquely challenging aspect: building security methods and requirements into these ML…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-08-19 Helen Jiang , Erwen Senge

We present SA-13, the 13-item Security Attitude inventory. We develop and validate this assessment of cybersecurity attitudes by conducting an exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and other tests with data from a U.S.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-04-08 Cori Faklaris , Laura Dabbish , Jason I. Hong